Debian DLA-866-1 : libxslt security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 97920

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

libxslt is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the xsltAddTextString function that can be exploited to trigger an out of bounds write on 64-bit systems.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.26-14.1+deb7u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your libxslt packages.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97920

File Name: debian_DLA-866.nasl

Version: 3.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/24/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxslt1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxslt1-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libxslt1.1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-libxslt1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-libxslt1-dbg, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:xsltproc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5029

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